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happy and that if we followed their counsel we should have no
trouble.
"At a council we held in 1827, at Little Butte des Morte,
Gen. CASS told us the same thing-that the Americans were our
friends, and if we followed their advice we should always be
happy. Again in 1836, at Cedar Point, we met Gov. DODGE,
who came from the General Government to treat with us and
told us that whatever he promised," our Great Father, the Pres-
ident, would perform. Our Great Father, he said, was very
glad that we had submitted to his wishes and made a treaty to
cede a part of our lands. And he promised that our Great
Father, the President, would always protect us like his own
children, and would always hold our hands in his.
"Gov. DODGE told US that our Great Father was very strong,
and owned all the country, and that no one would dare to trouble
us, or do us wrong, as he would protect us. He told us, too,
that whenever we got into difficulty or anything happened we
did not like, to call on our Great Father and he would have jus-
tice done. And now we come to you to remind our Great
Father, through your paper, of his ~romise, and to ask him to
fulfill it.
"We always thought much of Gov. DODGE, as an honest man,
and we thought more of him, when he came to us, on the part of
the Government. We believed all that he told us. We have
done what we agreed to do. We have been always friendly with
the whites, and have even taken up arms for them against our
Indian brothers. If any of our young men were foolish, the
chiefs mere the first to rebuke them and to give them good advice.
We have respected our white neighbors. And now we want
their help.
"It was at the Payment, at Lake Pauwaygan, made b,y 001.
JONES, this boy was born. I then lived on the Wisconsin
that
River, and was notified to come to the payment with my tribe.
The roll had all been made up, and the payment was to be made
the next day. During the night this boy was born. I was
told of it in the morning, and asked Col. JONES to put his
